Tigecycline use in two cases with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis

E Ediz Tutuncu; Ferit Kuscu; Yunus Gurbuz; Baris Ozturk; Asli Haykir; Irfan Sencan

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2009.07.022

Tigecycline use in two cases with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis

Int J Infect Dis. 2010 Sep:14 Suppl 3:e224-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.07.022. Epub 2009 Dec 3.

Authors

E Ediz Tutuncu¹, Ferit Kuscu, Yunus Gurbuz, Baris Ozturk, Asli Haykir, Irfan Sencan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. ediztutuncu@gmail.com

PMID: 19962335
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.07.022

Abstract

The treatment of post-surgical meningitis due to multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii is a therapeutic dilemma. The cases of two patients with MDR A. baumannii meningitis secondary to surgical site infections, successfully treated with combination regimens including tigecycline, are presented.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter Infections / drug therapy*
Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
Acinetobacter baumannii* / drug effects
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial / drug therapy*
Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
Middle Aged
Minocycline / analogs & derivatives*
Minocycline / therapeutic use
Neurosurgical Procedures / adverse effects
Surgical Wound Infection / drug therapy
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology
Tigecycline

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Tigecycline
Minocycline